Blue Demons Post 10 Wins at Hope and Louisville

Friday, October 2

Louisville, Ky.

DePaul University

Louisville Invitational

Blue Demons Post 10 Wins at Hope and Louisville

10/6/2026 5:26:00 PM | MEN'S TENNIS

Leitner and Pardo Cano top Purdue opponents at Hope, while Hadziabdic and Vialle go 2-1 in Louisville

LOUISVILLE/HOPE COLLEGE – DePaul men's tennis closed out the weekend with 10 wins across two events, the Hope College RSM Invite in Holland, Mich., and the Louisville Invitational, Oct. 2-4. Nine of the wins came in singles, and seven came in Louisville, where Andy Hadziabdic and Bernardo Vialle each went 2-1 in singles.

Hope College RSM Invite
DePaul earned a pair of singles wins over Purdue opponents in the second round. Tobias Leitner defeated Villanger 6-3, 4-6, 10-2, and Augusto Pardo Cano followed with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Premzl. The Blue Demons stayed competitive in doubles as well. Sebastian Medica and Germano Diehl Setti took Northwestern's Yang/Megargee to a tiebreak in the third round before falling 7-6(5), and Leitner went the distance with Yang in the fourth round, a 2-6, 7-6(4), 17-15 decision.

Louisville Invitational
Hadziabdic and Vialle led the way in Louisville, each following a Friday loss with consecutive singles wins. Hadziabdic shut out Eastern Kentucky's Chad Valdes 6-0, 6-0 on Saturday, then rallied past Butler's Shane Hand 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday. Vialle defeated Cole Wilber (EKU) 6-1, 6-3 and came back from a set down to beat Nicholas Balthazor (BUT) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1. The pair also won DePaul's lone doubles match of the weekend, topping Valdes/Wilber 6-2.

Alex Haage went 2-1 in singles, outlasting BIG EAST rival Ronin Kasday of Butler, 6-1, 6-7(4), 7-6(5) on Friday and defeating Louisville's Russell Lokko 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday. Valter Larsson also earned a three-set win on Friday, beating Nicholas Shirley 5-7, 7-5, 6-3.

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Hope College RSM Invite (Oct. 2-4)
Doubles
Round One
Yaffa/Casey (NU) def. Leitner/Pardo Cano (DPU) 7-5
Kumar/Beduhn (WIS) def. Medica/Setti (DPU) 7-5
Round Two
Villanger/Premzl (PUR) def. Leitner/Pardo Cano (DPU) 6-3
Corwin/La Pham (WMU) def. Medica/Setti (DPU) 6-4
Round Three
Andrzejewski/Ndumbe (MSU) def. Leitner/Pardo Cano (DPU) 6-3
Yang/Megargee (NU) def. Medica/Setti (DPU) 7-6(5)
Round Four
Yang/Megargee (NU) def. Leitner/Pardo Cano (DPU) 6-2
Andrzejewski/Ndumbe (MSU) def. Medica/Setti (DPU) 6-4

Singles
Round One
Yaffa (NU) def. Leitner (DPU) 6-1, 2-6, 10-4
Casey (NU) def. Pardo Cano (DPU) 6-2, 7-5
Kumar (WIS) def. Medica (DPU) 7-6(2), 2-6, 10-5
Beduhn (WIS) def. Setti (DPU) 6-4, 6-3
Round Two
Leitner (DPU) def. Villanger (PUR) 6-3, 4-6, 10-2
Pardo Cano (DPU) def. Premzl (PUR) 6-0, 6-2
Corwin (WMU) def. Medica (DPU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
La Pham (WMU) def. Setti (DPU) 3-6, 6-3, 10-4
Round Three
Andrzejewski (MSU) def. Leitner (DPU) 6-4, 6-4
Ndumbe (MSU) def. Pardo Cano (DPU) 6-2, 6-2
Yang (NU) def. Medica (DPU) 5-1, wr.
Megargee (NU) def. Setti (DPU) 6-0, 6-3
Round Four
Yang (NU) def. Leitner (DPU) 2-6, 7-6(4), 17-15
Ndumbe (MSU) def. Setti (DPU) 6-3, 6-4

Louisville Invitational
Friday, 10/2
Doubles
Ricardo Baldi/Nicholas Shirley (BUT) def. Alexander Haage/Valter Larsson (DPU) 7-6(4)
Kostiantyn Mantach/Judah Mceachern-Brown (BEL) def. Andy Hadziabdic/Bernardo Vialle (DPU) 6-4
Singles
Alexander Haage (DPU) def. Ronin Kasday (BUT) 6-1, 6-7(4), 7-6(5)
Valter Larsson (DPU) def. Nicholas Shirley (BUT) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
Kostiantyn Mantach (BEL) def. Andy Hadziabdic (DPU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Judah Mceachern-Brown (BEL) def. Bernardo Vialle (DPU) 6-3, 6-1

Saturday, 10/3
Doubles
Shion Itsusaki/Martin Doskocil (TEN) def. Alexander Haage/Valter Larsson (DPU) 6-3
Andy Hadziabdic/Bernardo Vialle (DPU) def. Chad Valdes/Cole Wilber (EKU) 6-2

Singles
Andy Hadziabdic (DPU) def. Chad Valdes (EKU) 6-0, 6-0
Bernardo Vialle (DPU) def. Cole Wilber (EKU) 6-1, 6-3
Shion Itsusaki (TEN) def. Alexander Haage (DPU) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3
Martin Doskocil (TEN) def. Valter Larsson (DPU) 6-1, 6-1

Sunday, 10/4
Doubles
Russell Lokko/Artem Dmytrenko (LOU) def. Alexander Haage/Valter Larsson (DPU) wo.
Shane Hand/Nicholas Balthazor (BUT) def. Andy Hadziabdic/Bernardo Vialle (DPU) 7-5
Singles
Alexander Haage (DPU) def. Russell Lokko (LOU) 6-2, 6-2
Artem Dmytrenko (LOU) def. Valter Larsson (DPU) wo.
Andy Hadziabdic (DPU) def. Shane Hand (BUT) 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-3
Bernardo Vialle (DPU) def. Nicholas Balthazor (BUT) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1

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